Class of 2019 8th Grade Traditions 2019_8th_Grade_Traditions | Page 7

Prize Day
TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE CAME
TOGETHER FOR A SOLEMN CEREMONY
TO CELEBRATE THE GIFTS AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
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READ DR. SHARP’S
FAREWELL POEM
“...We’ve had so many ‘lasts’ together
this year...our last first day, our last
Congé, and our last Mass, or even
our last Sacred Heart school trip.
Remember how in Primary School we
never wanted to be the last in line, or
in Lower School we never wanted to
be in last place in sports, or even just
in 6th and 7th grade how no one ever
wanted to be in last place in an ever so
competitive game of Kahoot?
“ ‘Last’ always meant something bad or
negative. But then the meaning of last
began to change as I thought about
our last Halloween, our last home game,
or even our last Prize Day. Though
as this year became full of lasts, last
no longer seemed to be such a bad
thing. That’s because the word ‘last’
changed and took on a new meaning
and I realized that we, together all these
years, through all of those goûters,
chapels, field days, class trips, and now,
graduation, have made memories that
will ‘last’ a lifetime. ...”
Allegra Hamacher A’19
Academy Student Council President
“...Each Hardey student wears a badge
over his heart that reminds him, every
day, of the Hardey motto, which sits just
below the cross of Jesus: ‘In Hoc Signo
Vinces.’ Literally translated, our motto
means, ‘in this sign you will conquer,’
but we have never learned how to make
war or to hurt and divide people, nor
have we been taught to be divisive—
things you normally associate with
conquering. So what does this motto
mean?
“Applying the Five Goals, and the
lessons of the last nine years...we
know that we are being sent into the
world to light the way for the poor,
the immigrant, the homeless, and for
those who are most in need. We must
do these things because they are right,
because it is our responsibility, and
because we have been given so much.
In short, we know that we must do
these things because we are Hardey
Gentlemen. ...”
John Duffy H’19
Hardey Student Council President
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